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The other threads are outdated or have posts suggesting that they know someone/family member or an MSIV who shadowed an oncologist, etc....
Just wanting to get some insight on the lifestyle of an Oncologist. How many hours a week do you work? How many hours are dedicated to research? Lastly, what is the average expected compensation for someone starting out in academics who devotes a good amount of time into lab work? etc.
I'm very interested in Oncology and that was my goal since before entering medical school. But clinically, outpatient Oncology seemed pretty boring since the doc just did a quick ROS on patient after patient. I would still be interested in the field if research was involved, but I was given some advise to be careful since it is very hard to integrate lab research into the inpatient setting and I must be willing to take a major salary hit (would also be hard conducting lab research without a PhD I'm assuming).
Thanks for the info
Just wanting to get some insight on the lifestyle of an Oncologist. How many hours a week do you work? How many hours are dedicated to research? Lastly, what is the average expected compensation for someone starting out in academics who devotes a good amount of time into lab work? etc.
I'm very interested in Oncology and that was my goal since before entering medical school. But clinically, outpatient Oncology seemed pretty boring since the doc just did a quick ROS on patient after patient. I would still be interested in the field if research was involved, but I was given some advise to be careful since it is very hard to integrate lab research into the inpatient setting and I must be willing to take a major salary hit (would also be hard conducting lab research without a PhD I'm assuming).
Thanks for the info